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F, R. BAKER.

GLOVE FASTENBR.

No. 340,852. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR 5 N. PETERS. Pmm-Lima m lmr, Washington. D. C.

flNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, OF BIRMINGHAM, COUNTY OF XVARXVIGK, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO JOEL CADBURY, OF SAME PLACE.

GLOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,852, dated April 27,1886..

Application filed July 2!, 1885. Serial No. 172,530. (No model.) Patented in England March 21,1885, No. 3,635; in France June 23.

' 1585, No.157,071, and in Germany July 9, 1855, No. 34,194.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS ROBERT BA- KER, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and residing at Birmingham, in the county of Var-wick, England, engineer, have invented certain Improvements in Glove and other Like Fasteners, (for which I have made application for Letters Patent in Great Britain, N 0. 3,635, dated the 21st day of March, 1885; in France, dated June 23, 1885, No. 157,071, and in Germany July 9, 1885, No. 3-i-,19t,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new or improved fastener for gloves, boots and shoes, stays, gaitcrs, and for other like purposes; and my said invention consists, essentially, of a stud orhollow stem with a movable top which lies coincident with the said stein when unfastened, but eccentric to it when fastened, by the overhanging edge of the movable top,when in the last-named position, covering or overlapping the edges of an eyelet or button-hole on the other part of a glove or other object to be fastened.

I will describe my invention in connection with a glove-fastener.

Figure 1 isa glove provided with a fastener constructed according to my invention. Fi 2 is the fastener upon a larger scale, with the parts unfastened. This view shows the eyelet encircling the neck of the stem of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a like view as Fig. 2, but fastenedthat is, the movable top has been moved or pressed eccentric to the stem, the eccentricity of which prevents the one part of the glove from becoming disconnected from the other part. Fig. i is an edge view of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan of the under side of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of Fig. 3 when the parts are represented in thepositions as indicated in the said figure. Fig. Sis apart vertical section of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an under side view of Fig. 7. Fi 10 is a separate view of the movable top and its depending stem. Fig. ll is a plan of the box-stem of the fastener. Fig. 12 is the spring for retaining the movablehead eitherin its open or in its closed position. In Fi 13 the head,

instead of sliding, turns upon an eccentric pin or axis, in order to obtain the necessary lap. This said view, Fig. 13, shows the fastener closed, and Fig. 14L the fastener opened. Fig. 15 is a transverse section of Fig. 18.

a is a box-stem or the body of the fastener, provided at its lower end with an attachment flange, a and spikes a. The latter are for the purpose of securing the fastener. to the glove.

1) is a movable head or top, which is permanentl y or inseparabl y connected to the shell a, and which slides laterally across the top of the said box-stem, so as to make the stem and head eccentric or concentric when fastened or unfasted. The said sliding head I) has a depending stalk or rod, 6', working within a slot, a, of the box-stem a.

c is a spring of a semicircular form, and provided with curved arms 0 c, by which the head is retained in the two positions, fastened and nnfastcnedthat is, the arm or turned ends 0 c of the spring 0 form yielding incline planes which press upon opposite sides of the hanging red 1). Thus, when the head is concentric with its stem or body, as in Figs. 2 and 4, the rod or stalk b is upon one side of the inclines, and when eccentric, as in Fig. 3, the stalk or stem is upon the other side of the inclines, as best seen in Fig. 9.

If is a collar on the rod or stem l" r keeping the spring to its bearing.

(1 is an eyelet on the part A of the glove, while the fastener is attached upon the other part, B.

To fasten the glove, pass the eyelet (I over the head I), and onto the neck of the box-stem a, on the parts being concentric, as in Fig. and when in this position the head b is made eccentric with the stem at by sliding the said head into the position as represented inFi 8-that is, the head I) has been made to overhang or overlap the eyelet or button-hole, and so thereby effectually and securely fasten the two parts of the glove together. To nnfasten the glove, slide the head I) back to its former position until it and its box-stein become coincident, and when in this position the eyelet can be withdrawn and the glove unfastened.

Fig. 13 represents a 1nodification,where the overlapping of the edges is effected by the head turningupon an eccentric joint instead of sliding. bis the head, a is the box-stem,

and e is the center upon which the head I) turns.

The combination, in a glove or other like fastener, of a fixed box-like stem or body, a, a movable head, Z), eccentrically adjustable with reference to said body, a spring which bears upon the stalk or stem 1) of said head, and an 20 eyelet, substantially as described.

Signed this 25th day of June, 1885.

FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER.

Witnesses:

HENRY SKERRETT, MILEs E. HUGHES,

Both of Birminglzmn. 

